Georgakopoulos-Soares, Yizhar-Barnea, Mouratidis et al. identify neomers, short (16 base pair) DNA sequences that are absent in the genomes of healthy individuals but appear in tumors due to mutations. They show that neomers can accurately detect cancer from cell-free DNA and that neomers found in gene regulatory elements can alter regulatory activity.
- Ilias Georgakopoulos-Soares
- Ofer Yizhar-Barnea
- Nadav Ahituv
